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May 24, 2023 · Many of Moore’s collaborators are still around, including Mary Tyler Moore Show cocreator James L. Brooks and John Tinker, Moore’s stepson from her second marriage to MTM Enterprises...
May 25, 2023 · In 'Being Mary Tyler Moore,' a new film by director James Adolphus, the famously closed-off actress lets her guard down. By Sabrina Crews. |. May 25, 2023. |. Living. Credit: Courtesy of HBO/John...
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MTM Enterprises (also known as MTM Productions) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Mary Tyler Moore's initials.
TitleGenreFirst Air DateLast Air DateSitcomSeptember 19, 1970March 19, 1977SitcomSeptember 16, 1972April 1, 1978SitcomSeptember 9, 1974December 9, 1978SitcomSeptember 12, 1974July 7, 1975- Mary Tyler Moore
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- MTM
In the 1950s, Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason set the bar for TV comedy. In the 1960s, the bar was raised by The Dick Van Dyke Show. Carl Reiner and Dick Van Dyke created a more naturalistic comedy, in which gags were secondary to the humor of everyday life. As women’s roles evolved, Mary Tyler Moore became a national treasure: a sitcom wife who wa...
In 1970, two forces vied for the hearts of the networks. One was their desire to play it safe, to avoid controversy, to stick to selling soap. The other was a desire to capture new audiences—in this case, the ascendant ’60s generation that wanted to see TV characters that they could relate to. It was inevitable that these forces would go to war. Th...
By that time, MTM was an industry force, grossing more than $20 million, with eight comedies in production. Fueled by Tinker’s elevation of the writer, it became the place everyone in television wanted to work. Writer Gary David Goldberg summed up prevailing sentiment, calling MTM “Camelot for writers.” “Grant makes everyone he comes in contact wit...
May 25, 2023 · “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” ended in 1977, and Ms. Moore embarked on a new, Mary Richards-style chapter in her personal life, divorcing Mr. Tinker and moving alone to New York City.
Aug 2, 2023 · Director James Adolphus wasn’t sure how he could do the beloved TV actress justice with his HBO documentary 'Being Mary Tyler Moore,' but he found a surprising connection to her as a Black...
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In 1970, after performing in the one-hour musical special Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman, Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom that centered on Moore to CBS. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant.
